Boxing

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Boxers Idolizing Boxers [published Mar. 29, 1885]

jpkntz May 16, 2024

      It is characteristic of all pugilists, and people...

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• Boxing

Deaf Burke’s Sparring Tour [published Feb. 25, 1883]

jpkntz September 24, 2023

      Sullivan’s sparrin’ expeditions, and Mace and Slade’s exhibitions,...

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• Athletes
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Next Up for John L. Sullivan: John M. Laflin [published Nov. 9, 1884]

jpkntz September 3, 2023

      Now that the election agony is over, the...

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• Boxing
• Newspapers
• Theater

Stetson Scoops the Coburn-McCoole Fight Outcome [published Apr. 25, 1880]

jpkntz August 5, 2023

…The leading newspapers of New York and other cities...

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• Boxing
• Butchers
• Taverns

Non-Prize Bouts at the Buck’s Horn Tavern [published Aug. 10, 1884]

jpkntz July 28, 2023

      There have been a good many glove fights,...

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• Boxing
• Eccentrics

Rooster Kell, Teller of Tall Tales [published Apr. 10, 1881]

jpkntz July 18, 2023

       “Rooster Kell,” a well-known sport, “passed in his...

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• Actors
• Boxing
• Dance
• Taverns
• Theater

The “Sawdust House” and Rival “The Nag’s Head” Saloons [published Nov. 23, 1884]

jpkntz July 14, 2023

      I was reminded by an old rounder the...

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